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G14 - The swallowed one brings plants.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
A man swallowed by a water monster is carried away to an underwater or overseas world, obtains plants, and returns to people.Berezkin category: Fertility and Agriculture
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 6, Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity before the establishment of the present norms
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K11 | 100.00% | Brothers (brother and sister) kill a monstrous bird. Its eyes turn into heavenly bodies (among the Oaxacan Indians) or something else (among the present-day Condors of the Yokuts). |
| L58 | 98.39% | A man refuses to give food to his closest relatives or spouse; as punishment, he or his food changes its nature. |
| J24 | 98.07% | The hero, ground into powder, is reborn. |
| D4D | 97.91% | The opossum obtains fire for humans. See motif D4A. |
| B2B | 97.16% | The earth feeds on the people buried in it. See motif B2A. |
| L26 | 96.90% | During the (first) initiation, supernatural beings teach boys rituals and kill them for violating rules related to the consumption and distribution of food. |
| M121 | 96.90% | A louse or other similar creature (flea, tick, firefly) is sent to follow a certain character. |
| K16A | 96.48% | In an effort to show that he is a good hunter, a man regularly walks in front of a girl, pretending to carry prey. Once he slips, and the imaginary prey turns out to be a scarecrow stuffed with ashes or a bundle of termites. |
| A47 | 96.13% | The sun is born or emerges from an egg. |
| B62 | 96.02% | Man believes that vultures live better than humans, changes his appearance to that of a vulture. The former vulture lives with the man's wife, and the man usually does not like his new life. |
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Navajo, Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, Zapotec, Chatino, Chol; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography outside of Yucatan, Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito